internships working with people from different cultures, locally or around the world
In the summer of 2013 my internship and attention were concentrated on Dr. Ana Juarez’s ongoing research concerning Mexican-American religious communities in San Marcos, Texas. I first became involved with the research project as part of Dr. Juarez’s ethnographic research methods course in spring 2013. My internship and Dr. Juarez’s research was to culminate into… Continue Reading Bill Sheets, El Centro Hispano de San Marcos
This report describes my involvement as a field intern with the NGO Rainforest Partnership. In January of 2013, I started the internship with the goals of helping to create a management plan for an ecotourism infrastructure they have been working on for the past two years, and to travel to Peru over the summer to… Continue Reading Nate Stanley, Rainforest Partnership
During the Spring semester of 2013, I interned at El Centro Cultural Hispano de San Marcos. Centro Cultural Hispano de San Marcos was a dream that Mrs. Ofelia Trinidad Vasquez Philo (Hereafter Mrs. Philo) had for more than 30 years before she finally obtained the old Southside Elementary School Building. She grew up in the… Continue Reading Erin Wolter, El Centro Cultural Hispano de San Marcos
From November 2011 to October 2012 I interned with the Kalahari People’s Fund in Austin, Texas, which gave me the opportunity to travel to Namibia and Botswana during the summer of 2012. While doing a project on the role of women in hunter-gatherer San culture for my Peoples and Cultures of Africa class, Dr. Agwuele… Continue Reading Jain Orr, Kalahari People’s Fund
I completed an internship at San Marcos Community Acupuncture Clinic and took on the duties of a regular volunteer, but was also extended privileges of observing and participating in different forms of traditional Chinese medicine. My interest in traditional medicine and healing in different cultures led me to the acupuncture clinic to gain a better… Continue Reading Charles Williams, San Marcos Community Acupuncture Clinic